Page 28 of Whispered Warnings: Part One

He frowns slightly as he tries to remember, “Ah, yes. Did the imp tell you what realm you were in?”

I shake my head, “No, he gave me very little fucking information and he didn’t answer one of my questions, I don’t even know why I had to do the task. He wouldn’t tell me. I also don’t know why I could understand him and you couldn’t.”

“You spoke his language too,” Griff reminds me.

“Exactly, and I have no idea how the fuck I managed to do that,” I reply, yawning. “I know there is quite a lot to discuss, but it’s light out; we have been up for most of the night and early morning, and I need sleep. Do you think River will let me up yet?”

Reed smirks, “River has been back in control since you stopped bleeding.”

I twist, looking up at a slightly sheepish-looking River who smirks but is clearly worried about my reaction to what happened.

I chuckle, making him relax, “Jeeze, dude if you wanted a cuddle, you should have just said so!” I wrinkle my nose, “You definitely should have let me shower first.”

“I don’t mind,” River says, and then adds, “I just need to know you were okay.”

Doing something that is completely unlike me I place my hand on his cheek, “Thank you.”

I mean it, it has been a long time since someone has actively cared about the fact that I am injured to the degree that River does, even Sully was just like you will be alright. River let me be vulnerable about it if I wanted to be and hugged me while it was dealt with.

“Anytime,” he replies. He smirks, his arms tightening around me, “I suppose that you would like me to let you up?”

I sigh, “I really do need a shower.”

“Fine,” he grumbles teasingly and reluctantly lets me go.

I get up, already missing the warmth of River’s arms and half tempted to crawl back onto his lap, he makes me feel safe and that’s a feeling that I like. Griff holds up Betty to me, and I smile as I take her off him.

“Thanks for looking after her,” I say, through yet another yawn.

He smiles just a little bit, “Of course. Go and get some sleep. We will all sleep until we are rested, and we will probably write the rest of today off.”

“Thank fuck for that,” I reply, “if you were about to tell me that I needed to be up in a couple of hours, I was going to rebel.”

“How?” Evander asks, memories sparking in his eyes.

I shrug, “Oh, I don’t know, steal everyone’s clothes so that they had to stay in their rooms, and I could sleep more.”

“I don’t think that would work with us,” Reed points out. His smile surprises me when it turns wicked, and he adds, “We would just walk around naked.”

I’m momentarily speechless as the images play through my mind like the best dirty movie before I smile slowly, “In thatcase, I am definitely going to steal all your clothes. I don’t see the downside of that scenario.”

“It’s not really fair if we are all naked and you’re dressed,” Ransom teases, a sexy half smile on his lips.

“And that’s enough of that,” Doc says, his eyes briefly flashing gold, and I would be willing to bet that his incubus is getting a good hit of desire right now.

I wink at him because I can, and apparently, I do that now. I swear I have done that more in the last few days than I have in the entirety of my life.

Without waiting for any sort of response, because Doc is right, that conversation needs to stop before I say something like, I will take mine off if you take yours off, and we all end up naked.

Teammates: they are my teammates.

In my tired state, I really couldn’t give a shit, a good fuck before I fall asleep would be awesome, but then I always think that is the case.

As I’m walking toward the door, my intuition prickles.

“Neith!” Ransom yells, sounding panicked.

I turn, once again moving faster than I should be able to, my hand lifting as I catch my sword that is flying straight toward the back of me. I instinctively know what was wrong as soon as it’s in my hand.

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